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Friday, 29--The 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul open without a hitch, thanks to tight security and promised political and economic reforms. ABC wins kudos for its "Up Close and Personal" segment on the country's leader Rae Tah Woo, entitled "My Brilliant Korea...
...haul of eight. Evidently, the quadrennial depression from national winter shortcomings is no more memorable than the average American luge run. Still, George vowed to slay the dragon of Olympic mediocrity: "We should go after ((excellence)) and spare no expense." So with baseball an exhibition sport this summer in Seoul, would Owner Steinbrenner donate an ace Yankee hurler during the pennant stretch for the sake of national glory? Sure -- "if the other owners did." Pause. Hmm. Well . . . "You wouldn't want to give up your star players. Maybe somebody from Triple...
...find a way to avoid the sea of red ink that Montreal faced after the 1976 Games. Because O.C.O. almost certainly will achieve that, as long as most sponsors believe they will get their money's worth, the Olympic marriage with commercialism will continue. Organizers of this summer's Seoul Olympics have already pulled in $180 million worth of sponsorships...
...Reporter-Researcher Lawrence Mondi will coordinate the research, Assistant Art Director Arthur Hochstein will design the pages -- and Ferrer, of course, will be calling the plays, or the shots, or whatever the proper sports jargon is. And when he is rested from that Olympian effort, it's on to Seoul for the Summer Games...
Wait until Seoul, South Korea, and the Summer Games...